The Blažević Archive
Pretorius

Willem Hendrik Pretorius

1786–? · Tulbagh, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa

Born8 JAN 1786, Tulbagh, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
Baptised8 JAN 1786, Tulbagh, Brede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
Occupation
Boer — Trekboer na Renosterpoort
Record@I504024@

Family

Parents
Carel Sarel Pretorius1754–1838tree onlyGeertruij Dorothea Combrink1754–1838tree only
Willem Hendrik Pretorius8 JAN 1786–?Pretorius
married 1 APR 1840Petronella Christina Botha1787–1851tree onlymarriedAnna Adriana Du Plooytree only
8 children
Charl Jacobus "Sarel" Pretorius1805–1901tree onlyHercules Pretorius1807–1841tree onlyWilhelmina Petronella Christina Pretorius1809–1842tree onlyPetrus Christiaan Pretorius1810–1897tree onlyJohannes Lodewicus Pretorius1814–1881tree onlyDorothea Margaretha Aletta Pretoriusb. 1815tree onlyElsie Susanna Elizabeth Pretorius1817–1836tree onlyWillem Hendrik Pretorius1821–1920tree only
8 siblings
Michiel Jacobus Pretorius1783–1841Anna Sophia Pretorius1787–1801Sarel Johannes Pretorius1790–1857Hendrik Stephanus Pretorius1792–1860Dorothea Elizabeth Maria Pretoriusb. 1796Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius b5c3d7e11798–1847Magdalena Geertruida Christina Pretorius1801–1877Pieter Willem Pretorius1804–1869
a direct ancestor a record has been read for them an image, not yet read from the family tree, unverified

The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 20 relatives drawn here, 0 have a document of their own in this archive — but that is not the same as a document tying them to this person. This archive holds no separate proof for most parent–child links; where it does, the note above this chart says so in words.

Where this comes from

Tree only

everything here comes from the family tree, and is unverified.

Every record naming Pretorius →

Where this sits in the family

Not on the direct line. They are published because they belong to one of the eight surnames this archive follows.

The register spells this surname more than one way, and the search folds the forms together — so Xubrinich and Žubrinić, Joannis and Ivan, find each other.

Where this surname sits on the map →
What the tree says that cannot be true →

Events, as the record has them

  • birth8 JAN 1786Tulbagh, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
  • event1 APR 1804Graaff Reinet, Cape, South Africa
  • death
  • baptism8 JAN 1786Tulbagh, Brede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa

Sources attached in the tree

  • WikiTree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-22909404/willem-pretorius-in-wikitree
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500298_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA_OYYV7JX5JBZUDQ6VHUU5WP2HJRO7KUA/willem-pretorius
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-2000536_OYYV6PHYNEZIR6MCFUR5Y2YQASMLLIQ_OYYV6PHYNEZIR6MCFUR5Y2YQASMLLIQ/willem-pretorius
  • Charters Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/profile-OYYV6SLKGYLZPBR66PVMYJJDRYI2QKA-1500239/willem-hendrik-pretorius

An online family tree is a witness, not a source. Where a citation points at a parish register or a FamilySearch image, that is the thing worth going to. Sources →

Others of the same name

These parishes repeat their names relentlessly — 94 Marijas and 88 Ivans in this archive alone. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Merging on a name is exactly how this tree came to hold a man born after his own granddaughter.

Willem Hendrik Pretorius25 MAY 1821–25 JUN 1920place not recorded
Willem Hendrik Pretorius13 APR 1901–17 AUG 1989Wepener

Same name, and nothing here says they are related. Why the names repeat →